Tag: thrifting

TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO MAKE IT PERSONAL The older I get the more fascinated I am with the efforts and accomplishments of my ancestors. Faced with difficulty and few of the finer things of life, the women managed

HOW WILL YOU EVER DECIDE ? This post contains the last group of puppets for our Summer Gathering. There are many puppets in this batch and they are medium to small in size. There is a Moose whose friend

Dear Grandchildren: Thinking twice is always a good thing when you are around big, red, alligators. This one has been very nice to me. She even let me dress her in a sweater and fix her funny, greenish hair into

Hey, Grandchildren: Here is another “this-from-that” puppet for our summer gathering. This-from-that means that a person makes something useful out of something else. This animal is now a puppet and with your help he will be able to walk and talk

Rosie was smashed against the back of the shelf behind the trucks and castles. Her hair was tangled and had in it little sticks and pieces of grass That is how I knew that she had been playing outside. I

THERE IS SUCH A MAGIC UNDER THE SEA. The Beatles went under the sea in a yellow submarine. Some people go under the sea with snorkels. Children go under the sea in the bathtub. This little tin contains fishies

Here is a little outer-space quiet-time activity beyond easy to make. The images were found “somewhere” in the universe which is the Internet. I saved them, printed them out and mounted them on magnet sheets. I cut them out

A well-placed mirror makes a room look bigger. A thrifted mirror in good condition is even better. A thrifted pedestal table can be cut down to make a wonderful coffee table. If Grandpa doesn’t live at your house, I